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Elias, Smith and Jones by Mark English in Escape Pod, January 31, 2013 He chuckled to himself as he looked up at the wall of people in front of him. Political leaders, military leaders, space systems engineers; all desperate to hear the words of an aged ship’s monkey from the Frontier. …

SpecFicNZ Spotlight

Greetings, writerly and creative folks! Here in the SpecFicNZ Committee, we’ve been hatching plans for how we can get to know you better as well as help you with publicising what you’re up to in your corner of the writing world. One way we want to do this is to …

Aquasynthesis

aqua (n) – water, used in compound names, or substances in water.

synthesis (n) – The combining of elements into a unified entity.

aquasynthesis (n) – a combining of worlds within a pool of water; an anthology of short stories from Splashdown authors.

Splashdown Books, founded by SpecFicNZ member Grace Bridges in 2009, is a small independent publisher of Christian and inspirational science fiction and fantasy operating out of New Zealand for the world.

In Splashdown’s new anthology, Aquasynthesis, Gizile follows her mysterious teacher, Tok, as they look into the ice of an ocean pool to contemplate a series of strange and mystical visions: astonishing tales of technology and transcendence, aliens and elves, space and time, dragons and demons, prophecies and scriptures, humor and horror, the gifted and the enslaved, virtual and supernatural reality, insanity and inspiration.

Dive into the creations of the Splashdown wordsmiths. Visit the edges of story worlds you love already, and taste their delights if you are new to Splashdown’s universe.

Aquasynthesis is available through Amazon HERE now in Kindle version for only 2.99.